Vidya
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I see DEI was already creeping in in '91
It was literally a running gag in the 90s that you needed a specific amount of diversity to be a TV show on basic cable television. The Power Rangers are a great example. There is always a black one, and another minority of some kind in every 5 man group guaranteed.
The only difference was that at the time it was being promoted and pushed as a "we can all get along" message instead of a malicious "we must hate each other forever" one. It was still retarded, but its why people didn't really react as negatively to it at the time because it felt like it was trying to improve things (even if the Elites were using it subversively).
I'm probably the only person that remembers The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg, but I thought it was weird the Water Knight was the only black man in what looked like Medieval Ireland even back as a kid.
Where had I heard that...
Oh, yeah. It was the Rubberbandits song Horse Outside.
"Giddy up now baby, bless my soul
I rode the fucker round a field back since he was a foal
He runs a bit like Shergar, and he jumps like Tír na nÓg
He looks like Billie Piper after half an ounce of coke
And the boys are lookin' jealous, as I lead yer one away
And just before I close the door I look at her and say
Would you be my girl, and she says I will of course
If ya grab me by the ponytail and ride me like a horse Ya!"
Yet, as far as jumping horses Tir Na Nog looked pretty average.